The Hawaiian gazette., 1887-05-31

DICK 10 my nOuSe NHtIt We were Ie-
Joined by Chun Nook. A day or two
later. perhaps the next, Kaae came to
nv house and said that the amount
was all right A few days after this
I returned HIM his $4,000. which /
borrowed OF Yuen Chong, whose note
/ now owe for that amount. Very
soon after tbs, Kaae again came to
ny house Others were there. He
looked angry or disturbed. 1 asked
him what the matter was. He said,
''The King has. shown mel a letter from
John s. Walker. in which he said that
kwong Sam kee had been to him and
wanted him to assist them about the
opium license. That they offered
$4,000 for it. and that the King had
better let them have the license and
that he would guarantee the payment
+ Of it, kaae added that If it were any
one else he would not care so much,
but that Walker and the King were
very good friends-that whenever the
King was short for money Walker al
ways got it for him, and that the King
would therefore favor him. He said
be was afraid that if something were
not done at once, we would lose the
license, and he added to me, Now
what do you think, Aki? If you don't
give more money. kwong Sam hee
will get that hcensem I asked him to
take drink and sit down. but he re-
fused. l said / did not think kwong
Sam hee could raise the money, and
there would be no danger, but he IN
sisted that Walker would guarantee
the payment. After little while, for
I could not think where l could get
more money, L asked if [ could not
make some arrangement to pay the
$4,000 to the King after the license
was issued. But he said. mo, ii the
King does not get that money you
viii lose the license, and Kwong Sam
Kee Will get it" l then promised to
try and raise it,which l did, from Wong
Leong $1,000 in U. S. gold, Tong
Chow $4,000, Tong Yang $4,000 and
Loo Chit Sam $1,000. offered to let
them have proportionate shares in the
license if [ got it, otherwise to return
it. l was compelled to take another
pig with this money Wong Leong
got it for me-Kaae roasted it-Chun
Nook brought it to my house from
kaae's. and on the morning of Dec.
11th, Chun Nook, Akana and l went
again, about Z OF s o'clock, to see the
King We went to the Bungalow and
waited on the same veranda as for
merly. Chun Nook had the pig. The
King came soon, and we presented the
pig which caused him a smile of
pleasure. Calling Il steward he had
1t removed, and Akana and l went into
the room and [ presented him state
ment Of all the moneys paid. He
asked where this money was, and on
seeinc it entered into conversation
about the license. Seeing people
about, suggested that the money had
better be put away. He then sent off
a Lelewa woman who was sweeping,
and himself carried the basket into
the same room where the $4,000 had
been put. This $4,000 was mostly in
T. S. gold. but it contained some GER
tificates. and the whole was IN bas-
ket This last he returned to us, and
we went away, but | first asked him
when the license would be issued to I
me. He replied that it must be done /
in regular course through the Minis
ters as by law required-that there |
would be a meeting very soon and he 1
promised to help me about it. After (
this / went several times to see the .
King about the license, at times alone,
or with others, generally Akana or
Chun Nook The King at first, said
there was delay in the meeting of the
Cabinet He said he could not issue
the license that it must be done by
the Minister Finally heard it ru
mored that Chun Lung either had OF
was to have the license, and went and
asked the King about it. He admit
ted that it was so and said that the
Ministers were against him-that he
had worked hard for me, but it was of
no avail they had outvoted him
that they were friendly with Chun
Lung and so had given it to him [
then wanted my money back, but he
said j was to have q share in the Ii
cense, that Chun Lung so understood
1t, and | would hear from him about
it. / then waited to hear from Chun
Lung but received no communication
from him. The King suggested that
l might become surety for Chun Lung
and so get a share In that way This
was pushed to some extent, and 1 be-
heye that bond was prepared with
my name as surety, but it fell through
because that / could not get any writ
ten guarantee that 1 should have
share l asked to have the license is
sued in our names jointly, but the
King said that could not be done-it
would be against the rule. The King
finally said that he had arranged it
that the license had fifteen shares in
all, that Chung Lung was to have
five, was to have five. and he was to
keep five himself He said this in
presence Of Akana and myself Fear
ing that I should lose all my money [
agreed to this proposition on condi
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